Our 2018 ‘Garden Centres of Excellence’ winners revealed We recently (Tuesday, January 23, 2018) revealed the winners of our most prestigious awards at our 52nd annual conference including our 10 Garden Centres of Excellence. The awards were presented to the winners during a ceremony at The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon. The winners of our…

Garden centres scoop top awards at our conference Garden centres from across the country scooped awards during our 52nd annual conference at The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon on Monday, January 22. It is clear that all of our winners have worked extremely hard during the past year to reach and maintain the very highest…

Sign up for game of ‘fockey’ for Greenfingers Challenge Cup Garden centre and horticultural industry staff are being asked to sign up for a fundraising event being held at our annual conference. A game of hockey with an element of ‘fun and frolics’ will take place on Sunday, January 21 at Stratford Leisure Centre, adjacent…

BBC comedian to compere GCA awards dinner Radio and TV comedian Jo Caulfield will be compering our conference awards’ dinner this month (January, 2018). Jo, who is also a comedy writer, has worked on some of the biggest shows and with some of the top names in British comedy. Not only has Jo been the…

Houseplant sales continue to bloom in run up to Christmas Sales in houseplants have continued to rise for a second month in a row according to our Barometer of Trade (BoT) report for November (2017). Compared to the same month last year (2016), houseplant sales were up 19.05% and outdoor plants followed close behind with…

Former England rugby player Matt Dawson at our conference Former England rugby player Matt Dawson MBE will share his team building and personal commitment expertise with delegates at our 52nd annual conference in Warwickshire in January (January 21 until 24, 2018). One of England’s most capped players of all time, Matt was a scrum half…

Shark Warrior to get jaws wagging at our conference Following the BBC’s successful Blue Planet II series, we have secured a guest speaker passionate about shark conservation for our annual conference in January (2018). Lesley Rochat, known as the Shark Warrior, is the founder of Shark Warrior Adventures and AfriOceans, a non-profit organisation, and she…

Bank of England economist to speak conference World-renowned economist, Roger Martin-Fagg will be speaking at our conference in Warwickshire this January. Roger, who also presented to attendees in 2014, will be focusing on making economics accessible for non-economists and helping management teams think through their strategy during his session with delegates on January 23. We’re…

Entrepreneur & Sewing Bee judge backs creativity at our Conference The dapper-suited entrepreneur made famous for his role as a judge on BBC’s ‘The Great British Sewing Bee’ is speaking at our 2018 conference. As well as appearing on TV, and despite having no fashion experience and being an engineer by trade, Patrick Grant is…